The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY , but the solution may also be STEALTHY which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Furtive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLY | 60 % | 3 |
| STEALTHY | 15 % | 8 |
| SNEAKY | 15 % | 6 |
| SNEAKING | 3 % | 8 |
| SLINKY | 2 % | 6 |
| SHIFTY | 2 % | 6 |
| SKULKING | 2 % | 8 |
| BACKSTAIR | 2 % | 9 |
| SECRET | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Furtive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sneaky
- stealthy
- surreptitious
- covert
- sneak
- skulking
- lurking
- backstair
- backstairs
- concealed
- sly
- furtif
Crossword Answer definitions
SLY adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Slyly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result STEALTHY
- Like a thief in the night
- Furtive
- K G
- Like a preying lion
- Like a ninja
- Like a sneak thief
- Underhand
- Like ninjas
- Like a cat burglar
- Catfooted
More clues leading to the result SNEAKY
- Surreptitous
- Like Pete
- Double-dealing
- Underhanded
- Secretive
- Furtive
- Deceitful
- Duplicitous
- Cunning
- Disingenuous
More clues leading to the result SNEAKING
- Acting furtive, with "around"
- Acting furtively
- Deceitfully underhand.
- Type of suspicion.
- Furtive.
- Kind of suspicion
More clues leading to the result SLINKY
- Spring-like toy
- Coiled stair-walker
- Like a soft, clingy gown
- Step-descending toy
- Result of trying to invent a battleship engine part
- Spring toy
- One-step-at-a-time toy
- Toy used on flights
- Vampish
- Official state toy of Pennsylvania
More clues leading to the result SHIFTY
- Like one hard to trust
- Sly
- Marked by deceit
- Devious
- Not to be trusted
- Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.
- Tricky.
- Evasive.
- Evasive
- Furtive